New Survey of Young Adults: 7.8 Million Gained New or Better Coverage Through Affordable Care Act, But Only 27 Percent Are Aware of Health Insurance Marketplaces; Millions Will Remain Uninsured If States Don’t Expand Medicaid
The report, Covering Young Adults Under the Affordable Care Act: The Importance of Outreach and Medicaid Expansion, dispels the notion that young adults don’t think they need health insurance. The survey of adults ages 19 to 29 found that when offered health insurance benefits through an employer, two-thirds (67%) took the coverage.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - August 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund
Sheila P. Burke, R.N., M.P.A., FAAN, a faculty member and former executive dean at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Simon Stevens, executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group, have been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors. Both will join the Board in November 2013.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Report: Many State Health Insurance Marketplace Will Exceed Requirements for Quality Reporting and Choice for Small-Business Employees
Many state-run health insurance marketplaces are poised, by 2014, to exceed federal quality-reporting requirements, offer small-business employees a choice of health plans that won’t be available in states with federally run marketplaces until 2015, and promote a seamless "one-stop shop" for consumers to enroll in coverage, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
